Example sentences of "[adj] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they broke out of the covert on to the open parkland the bright sun made them squint . |
| 2 | You put that on at the right time |
| 3 | It 's right down at the far south west . |
| 4 | The cheapest rate I came across was right down at the southern tip of the country where Invercargill 's Southland Aero Club were virtually giving a Tomahawk away for NZ$80 per hour solo ( £24.25 ) . |
| 5 | What I 'd like to do is reprice that and put that in as the net list . |
| 6 | And I put that down to the biggest contribution . |
| 7 | If I stretch my imagination , I can admit to feeling a little tired lately , but put that down to the ageing process . |
| 8 | However , because of the serious recession of the early 1990s , especially in the South East , the government decided in its Budget of 1992 to keep the increase for 1992/3 down to the current inflation rate of only 4.1 % , instead of the 24.1 % which would have been the maximum ‘ phasing in ’ amount payable . |
| 9 | Miss J. has pretty well run him and now he 's doing a roaring trade and has just married a daughter of Lord Lytton , he 's evidently right in with the right lot of people … and what a God 's mercy that for once in a way these people have got hold of the right man and what a thing for England . ’ |
| 10 | Bailey was 5–2 down in the first set tie breaker but won five successive points to draw first blood and then broke his rival in both the third and fifth games of the second set for an astounding victory . |
| 11 | The shipyard was opened in 1940 and rebuilt in 1986 along with the tidal wall . |
| 12 | We have a different role , but nevertheless and even , an important one is perhaps in even looking further ahead than the Emergency Planning and therefore I would support er in being brief I would support very much erm Mr 's er motion if you can call it a motion which has been seconded and I hope that other members will will agree that erm we can pass this on to the Chief Executive who obviously will be doing this in any case , but it would give er a a an added er measure if you like er I 'm talking in terms of member involvement in pressing for er a wider look of what has happened after this sad flood has been dealt with . |
| 13 | ‘ And I take it you want me to pass this on to the investigating team ? ’ |
| 14 | I passed this on to the assembled crowd — Lisabeth in her dressing-gown constituted a crowd by herself — and held up my hands to silence the chorus of ‘ what'll-we-do-now ? ’ |
| 15 | When they reach the source of the drumming they climb up one ladder and then another on to the top roof of the house . |
| 16 | Re-fix the plastic rose direct on to the exposed timber noggin below the plaster . |
| 17 | A woman — your mother — had been flung clear on to the soft shoulder . |
| 18 | Masur beat compatriot Jaime Morgan 3–6 4–6 6–3 6–4 7–5 after being two sets down and then 5–0 down in the final set . |
| 19 | My instinct is to put all this down to the vitiating effect of the Thatcher years , when proper provisionalism , breadth , pluralism and doubt were banished and the harsh , amoral glitter of ends attained-by-whatever-means held sway . |
| 20 | But Prean had been fortunate to survive from 10-15 down in the final game in the semi-final against the England No.3 , Nicky Mason , who had beaten him last year , while Douglas , weakened by a stomach upset , survived a hard three games with Prean at the round-robin stage . |
| 21 | Lake , facing Anne Simpkin , suffered the injury when 2-1 down in the second set and had to retire in the third , giving Simpkin a place in the quarter-finals with a 3-6 , 6-1 , 1-0 victory . |
| 22 | I will certainly follow this up with the Welsh Office . |
| 23 | The distress of leaving them no doubt contributed to the ‘ sudden & severe indisposition of Mrs Gould … which inducing the utmost fears for her safety , rendered it very doubtful up to the last moment whether they would be able to go or not … ’ |
| 24 | The firm , System 6 , apparently got a lot of the work done by an engineering contingent fresh out of the Russian Academy of Science . |
| 25 | She saw it lying at her feet , half out of the opened envelope . |
| 26 | As late as i April 1924 , 3,704 out of the 5,416 Party members were concentrated in the towns . |
| 27 | Yesterday , the management threatened to issue dismissal notices to the 300 out of the 400 workforce , and about 200 demonstrated at the locked factory gates in an attempt to return to work . |
| 28 | Then your grand total was right over to the left hand side . |
| 29 | ‘ It was a good match and because I always felt I had a chance to break Byron I was not too unhappy when I went 3–0 down in the last set . |
| 30 | Cologne , 2-0 down from the first leg in Belgrade , won through to the quarter-finals with two goals from Goetz , his equaliser coming seven minutes from time , and a last-minute winner from Ordenewitz . |